Zechariah 5:4
I cause it to go forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by My name; and it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Deuteronomy 7:26And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, and be accursed like unto it; thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.
Joshua 9:20This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we swore unto them.'
Job 8:22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
Job 20:26All darkness is laid up for his treasures; a fire not blown by man shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tent.
Habakkuk 2:9Woe to him that gaineth evil gains for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
Matthew Henry on Zechariah 5:2-5
The Vision of the Flying Roll. ( b. c. 520.) 1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. 2 And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. 3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to… Read the whole commentary →